Everyone Plays a Part in CHCCS for Student Success

In general, Strategic Plans can look the same. The way some are written, the plan could be for almost any school district in America. One of our goals was to stand out and be different when creating our new 2018-21 Strategic Plan. We want to make sure we empower, engage and inspire students, staff and our community. We want to ensure everyone...

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School and District Offices Closed for July 4 / Escuelas y oficinas del distrito cerradas el 4 de julio

School and District Offices Closed on Wednesday, July 4 All CHCCS schools and offices are closed on Wednesday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. Also, the week of July 4th, Lincoln Center is open on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed on Wednesday for the holiday; and open Friday from 7:30 a.m....

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Our Community Is Unique

The CHCCS community is not your usual school community. We may have the usual stakeholders - staff, students and families - but we also have a long-standing tradition of including others who don’t have specific ties to our schools. We have retirees and university students who volunteer in our schools. We have active grandparents who move...

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Outdoor Activities Canceled for June 20 / Prohibidas todas las actividades al aire libre después de las 10 a.m. el 20 junio

All Outdoor Activities Canceled for Wednesday, July 20 Due to an extremely high heat index forecast for today, Wednesday, June 20, all school related outside activities after 10 a.m. are prohibited. Summer camps will take place indoors. Regarding athletic teams, please contact the team’s coach to find out if practices will be held indoors...

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Outdoor Activities Canceled for June 19 / Prohibidas todas las actividades al aire libre después de las 10 a.m. el 19 junio

All Outdoor Activities Canceled for Tuesday, July 19 Due to an extremely high heat index forecast for today, Tuesday, June 19, all school related outside activities after 10 a.m. are prohibited. Summer camps will take place indoors. Regarding athletic teams, please contact the team’s coach to find out if practices will be held indoors or...

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Second Grade Students at Northside are Global Change Makers

Economics instruction for second grade students? At Northside Elementary School, they learned the concepts of supply and demand, scarcity and sustainability, and during that unit, they became interested in exploring how economic factors impact access to water around our world. Among other crucial facts, they learned that worldwide, a child...

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Our Focus Is Student Success

Educating children is what brings us together every day. In our 2018-21 Strategic Plan, we are focusing not just on the student, but on Student Success. We understand each child is different and has his/her own way of learning. We want to help students learn who they are as people and as learners. We want to engage them for every moment they’re...

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Chapel Hill High School Breaks Ground for Major Reconstruction

There were more than a dozen shovels and matching hard hats, numerous yellow tee shirts that read, “Please excuse our progress,” and under the breezeway, rows of chairs that were soon filled with Chapel Hill High School teachers, students, parents, CHCCS administrators, school board members and county commissioners, among others. Not bad...

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Duke Energy Foundation $40,000 Grant Supports STEM Instruction

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the Public School Foundation are pleased to announce a $40,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation. The funds will go toward the development and teacher training for an Inquiry and Nature-Based STEM Program to serve elementary school students in grades 3-5, beginning with a pilot at Northside Elementary...

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Strategic Goals Will Guide District's Work for Next Three Years

On behalf of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, I am honored to introduce our three-year strategic goals (please see below). There are many throughout our state and nation who point to our school district as a model for educational excellence. From the outside, it is easy to see why that would be the case. Our measurables – test scores,...

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Continue to Be More, Class of 2018

Tomorrow CHCCS will celebrate the graduation of our high school seniors. Our graduates have worked hard to reach this milestone - the moment when they hear their name called and then walk across the stage to receive a piece of paper that will change their life. There is no need to quote numbers, everyone knows the importance of staying in...

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New Principals Named for Three Schools: McDougle Elementary, Chapel Hill High and East Chapel Hill High

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education approved the hiring of three new principals earlier this evening. Aisha Howard has been named principal of McDougle Elementary. Ms. Howard is an experienced principal who joins us from Durham Public Schools, where she has served as principal of Oak Grove Elementary since 2011. Prior...

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Food for the Summer Kicks Off at Northside Elementary

The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for the late afternoon kick off of Food for the Summer at Northside Elementary on Tuesday, June 5. Across the expansive lawn behind the school, a brightly colored Bounce House claimed the center of attention, along with art tables, corn hole stations, a farmers’ market - and a mouthwatering cookout...

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PTSA Scholarship Program Enables Students to Attend Community College

In the fall of 2015, the Chapel Hill High School PTSA received a grant for approximately $7,000. During the conversations that followed, the PTSA Executive Board explored a variety of school initiatives that could be developed with that funding. Current president Kirsten Barker said that over the past several years, “The CHHS PTSA has been...

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New Strategic Plan to be Introduced

Over the next few weeks, CHCCS will begin to roll out its new Strategic Plan for 2018-21. We have worked hard to make sure we include all students, staff and our community in this plan. We have four main areas: Family and Community Engagement; Employee Experience; Student Success; and Organizational Effectiveness. Through it all, we hope...

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